(November 22, 2016 at 3:40 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(November 22, 2016 at 2:55 pm)Drich Wrote: Both, and neither.
Are you trying to weasel out of saying it's okay for you to do but I have to bring a note from home?
I said only the mindless uses quotes in place of thinking or your own thoughts.
Then you said it is the same as when you just quote the bible.
I then replied your right it is the same, BUT I don't just randomly quote the bible to correct people perceptions or behavior as you just did either. further defining my initial statement. The picture I had in my mind was I said "x" and you countered with a quote of "Y." Not examining or looking at content so much as judging presentation.. That was the mindless bit I was putting a point on. Then I challenged you to provide an example of me quoting the bible to out of the blue correct someone..
That is how it is 'both and neither.'
In that both of us would be wrong for quoting any source to correct another as a unsolicited appeal to authority. and Neither as I have never done this.
I only quote the bible when it is the topic of discussion, Someone misrepresents it or God, Or someone asks for a citation. Not because one of you did not frame your question properly, or followed some perceived protocol.